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Asian, Middle Eastern and U. S. news briefs meant to be read in two minutes or less.

• Philippines boosts army units in South China Sea.
• Philippine Vice President blasts Duterte on Narcotics crackdown.
• Taiwan PM says his country can strike mainland China
• U. S. Pentagon crafts plan for weapons sale to Taiwan.
• On visit to South Korea Tollerson says North Korean military option open.
• U.S. urges North Korea to lease young American student arrested last year.
• Iraqi army sieges new neighborhood in western Mosul. (100,000 have left)
• 46 die in coalition air strike on Immigrant boat attack on Yemen coast.
• Pakistan has first population census in 19 years.
• Asian nations fight to save TPP.
• U. S. stocks depressed over trade war concerns.
• Trump to push vote fight in Congress  over heath care bill.
• Trump asks Merkle , Germany past due NATO contributions.
•  Trump, Merkle meet in awkward meeting, no handshake exchange.
• Trump says we were  both wire taped by Obama.
• Trump to undo Obama auto admission rules.
• GOP outlines future  plans for benefit cuts
• U.N. officer resigned over Israel-Palestine segregation report.
• Russia formalizes annexation of Crimea.
• Syria enters seventh year of civil war, at least 350,000 have been killed.

(News gleaned from Network Asia News, CNN, Al Jazeera, and France 24)

All the Best.

Ron Miller